Robert Falls, PhD, RPBio - Chairman of the Board and Director. Robert is a resource management scientist with an academic history in carbon sequestration and a business background in the energy and environment industries. Robert has expertise in the fields of climate change and renewable energy and he has developed and managed projects in China, the US and Canada. Robert founded and chaired the sustainable development council for Canada's largest integrated gas company. He has served as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia's Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, and as a senior advisor to the GLOBE Foundation of Canada.
Bart Simmons, BSc, MEng - Chief Operating Officer and Director. Bart brings over 30 years of experience in restoring temperate forest ecosystems in British Columbia. He is a recognized expert in forest regeneration, riparian ecosystem restorations, urban watershed restoration, biodiversity enhancement, wetland creation and bioengineering in BC. Bart has implemented riparian restoration projects on 15 watersheds within coastal BC and prescriptions on over 40 watersheds throughout BC. He has been involved in over 50 ecosystem restoration projects in urban watersheds, mostly in the Lower Mainland, and has overseen the planting of over 100 million trees.
Frédéric Jacquemont, MEL, DEA - President and Director. Frédéric has a wealth of experience in international carbon markets and environmental law. His international career spans 19 years as an environmental researcher, business consultant and legal counsel for development agencies, environmental institutions and carbon offset development companies. Frédéric is an expert in international climate law, particularly the regulatory arrangements of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Duncan J. Manson BA, LLB - CEO and Director. Called to the bar in 1980, Duncan has been practicing law in the areas of employment and labour, environmental, litigation, restructuring and insolvency, wills and estates, professional negligence and family law. He currently practices in Owen Bird Law Corporation's Vancouver office.
Graham Harris BA - Director. Graham is a former senior vice president and director at Canaccord Capital Corporation and Yorkton Securities. With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, he has raised in excess of $50 million for public and private companies. He currently sits as chairman, CEO and director at Tribune Resources Corp and chairman and director at ATW Gold in Vancouver.
Holger Mayer - Director. Holger is director of finance, human resources and sales for the German utility company HSE AG. Its subsidiary, ENTEGA, is one of Germany's largest suppliers of green power and has developed a trademark of being a carbon-neutral company. As director of the Forest Carbon Group Holger is responsible for the financial and legal aspects of project development. He studied law in Tübingen and Stuttgart and business administration at the Berufsakademie Stuttgart.